When Protected Characteristics Collide
Local MPs have also become involved, some of whom have failed to appreciate the dynamics of the situation.
Tehmina Kazi
· 8 min read
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At Australian Ballot Boxes, the Left’s Empathy Deficit Came Home to Roost
Progressive politicians like to assume that, on election day at least, blue-collar workers and urban progressives will bridge their differences, and make common cause to support leftist economic policies.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Identity, Islam, and the Twilight of Liberal Values—A Review
Rather than exposing and opposing the damage done by Islamism in the West, soi disant liberals, leftists, and progressives have acted as its supporters and cheerleaders.
Rumy Hasan
· 6 min read
The Abortion Issue Isn’t About ‘The Patriarchy’
The debate over the morality and legality of abortion is one of the most divisive and enduring issues in American public life.
Andrew Glover
· 6 min read
Goodbye, Herman Wouk
On May 17th, American novelist Herman Wouk died, just ten days before he was due to turn 104. If Ernest Hemingway’s life and career had been as long as those of Herman Wouk, he’d have been alive as recently as 2003 and he’d have published a book
Kevin Mims
· 8 min read
Conformity and the Dangers of Group Polarization
Over time, group polarization can be fortified because of “exit,” as members leave the group because they reject the direction in which things are heading.
Cass R. Sunstein
· 9 min read
On the Vital Importance of (Good) Journalism
Within this fact lies the key to journalism’s power to search for a social truth that applies to all. Yes, I am talking about investigative journalism and the nitty-gritty of covering city council meetings.
Victor Greto
· 6 min read
Seventy-five Years Later, Hungary Still Hasn’t Come to Terms with its Role in the Holocaust
The only way to start healing from these crimes is to acknowledge how they happened.
Anna Porter
· 9 min read
Naked Yoga and Cuddle Parties: Lap Dancing Clubs for the Woke
Speaking as someone with breasts, I can say with confidence that naked yoga is not a class designed for women. It is a class for men to pay a premium to ogle at a naked female instructor.
Samantha Rea
· 7 min read
After Academia
We need to stop wringing our hands over how to save academia and acknowledge that its disease is terminal. This need not be cause for solemnity; it can inspire celebration.
Allen Farrington
· 10 min read
A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship
If we are to realize Zuckerberg´s idea of an internet that is “safe” from “harmful” content, we will have to choose which groups get to enjoy a digital safe space.
Jacob Mchangama
· 13 min read
The Sad Truth About ‘Fat Acceptance’
Unfortunately for some activists, gravity wasn’t invented by white settlers.
Anna Slatz
· 9 min read
Secular Humanism is Not a Religion
Staddon makes an oddly tendentious argument for the religious character of secular humanism.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 9 min read
The Twilight of Liberalism?
The rise of populism, of Trump, of opiate epidemics, of bitter polarization, and of yawning economic inequality have tempered the triumphalism of those who once celebrated the inevitable victory of markets and democracy.
Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard
· 14 min read
How to Prevent Campus Deplatformings: Lessons from Harvey Mansfield and Concordia University
Universities have no obligation to invite any particular public figure to speak on campus. But once they’ve promised someone a platform, the stakes are raised: Both speaker and audience are invested in the outcome.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read